Joshua Cohen

Associate Professor of Art and Art History and, by courtesy, of African and African American Studies

Art & Art History

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor, Art & Art History
Associate Professor (By courtesy), African and African American Studies

2026-27 Courses

Global Arts of Guinea, West Africa
ARTHIST 403 (Aut)
Introduction to Global Modern Art
ARTHIST 133, ARTHIST 333 (Spr)
Modern Africa: Art and Decolonization
AFRICAAM 128C, ARTHIST 128, ARTHIST 328 (Win)
Writing and the Visual: The Art of Art Writing
ARTHIST 294 (Win)
Independent Studies (10)
- Curricular Practical Training
  ARTHIST 290 (Aut, Win)
- Curricular Practical Training
  ARTHIST 680 (Win)
- Dissertation Proposal Preparation
  ARTHIST 640 (Win)
- Dissertation Research
  ARTHIST 650 (Win)
- Extended Seminar
  ARTHIST 660E (Win)
- Independent Study
  ARTHIST 660 (Win)
- Individual Work: Art History
  ARTHIST 298 (Aut, Win)
- Qualifying Examination Preparation
  ARTHIST 620 (Win)
- Teaching Praxis
  ARTHIST 610 (Aut, Win)
- Visual Arts Internship
  ARTHIST 295 (Win)
Prior Year Courses
2025-26 Courses
- Global Modernisms: Theories, Methods, Narratives
  ARTHIST 432A (Spr)
- Introduction to Global Modern Art
  ARTHIST 133, ARTHIST 333 (Spr)
- Modern Africa
  AFRICAAM 128C, ARTHIST 128, ARTHIST 328 (Win)
- Writing and the Visual: The Art of Art Writing
  ARTHIST 294 (Win)
2024-25 Courses
- African Art, Modernism, Cosmopolitanism
  AFRICAAM 220, ARTHIST 227 (Spr)
- Modern Africa: Art and Decolonization
  ARTHIST 128 (Win)
- Modern Art and the Global Cold War
  ARTHIST 436 (Spr)

All Publications

African Socialist Cultural Policy: Senegal under Senghor AFRICAN ARTS Cohen, J. I. 2021; 54 (3): 28-37

View details for DOI 10.1162/afar_a_00597

View details for Web of Science ID 000684219900009
Locating Senghor's Ecole de Dakar: International and Transnational Dimensions to Senegalese Modern Art, c. 1959-1980 AFRICAN ARTS Cohen, J. 2018; 51 (3): 10-25

View details for DOI 10.1162/afar_a_00413

View details for Web of Science ID 000441146300003
Fauve Masks: Rethinking Modern "Primitivist" Uses of African and Oceanic Art, 1905-8 ART BULLETIN Cohen, J. I. 2017; 99 (2): 136-165

View details for DOI 10.1080/00043079.2017.1252241

View details for Web of Science ID 000408792100006
Stages in Transition: Les Ballets Africains and Independence, 1959 to 1960 JOURNAL OF BLACK STUDIES Cohen, J. 2012; 43 (1): 11-48

View details for DOI 10.1177/0021934711426628

View details for Web of Science ID 000298497700002